Carrousel



April 20 1926. 7 1,582,015

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c. E. MoR'Rls CARROUSEL Filed March 17, 1921 7 sheets sh t' 6 Mad ATTORNEY.

Patented Apr. 20, 1926.

UNITED. STATES y 1,582,015 PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. MORRIS, or LEAVENWOBTH, KANSAS, Assronon on ONE-HALF TO 1 CHARLES w. PARKER, or LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS.

CARROUSEL.

Application filed'March 17, 1921. Serial No. 453,097.

To ZZ "whom it may concern lie it known that I, QI'IARLFS E. Morons, a citizen of the United States, residing at l...cavenworth, in the county of Leavenworth and State of Kansas, have invented a certain new and use? ii Improvement in Carrousels, of which the following is a specification.

lily invention relates to improvements in carrousels.

lt is particularly well adapted for riding tivclyto each other. lslv i vention provides still further novel means or causing the horses to'simulate agalloping movement and at the some time to partake of a forwardly and bach'ward'ly rcciprccatlvo movement with respect to the progressive traveling movement of themain support.

nah, controlled means for rendering the mechanism for reciprocating theh-orses active or inactive. I

lily invention means for propelling the main support.

My invention provides still further novel means by which the movement '5 the seat supports is effected by the revolution of a carrying wheel on which the main support is mounted.

The novel features of my invention hereinafter fully described and claimed.

in the accompanying drawings which illustrate the preferred embodiment of my hive ion as applied to a carrousel- Fig. 1 is a reduced plan view of my impr: "ed apparatus partly broken away.

is anenlarged view, partly in plan and partly in cross section portion at the manually operated control. p I,

F' 3 is an inverted plan View, enlarged, portion of. the revolvin platform and 01L LL par s connected therewith.

v invention provides further novel man provides further novel- Fig. 1 is an enlarged side elevation of a portion of the apparatus.

' Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 55 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a view simliar to Fig. l, one of the horses being removed and the remaining horse shown in-solid and dotted lines in difi erent positions. v

Fig. 7 is an elevation of one of the horse supports, enlarged, and parts connected therewith, showing the belt engaging member engaged with side of the chain belt.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged verticalsection on the line 88 of Fig. 6. I

' Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8, but on the plane of a larger scale, showing some of the parts shown in Fig; 8.

Fig. 10 is an enlarged vertical section on the line 10-1O of Fig. 6.

Fig. 11 is a VlGWSllDllfll to Fig. ing the same parts with the spring retracted slide plate in another position.

Fig. 12 is a view similar to Fig. 11 showing the belt engaging member disengagedfromthe belt.

Fig. 13 is a view similar to Fig. 7, showing the bolt engaging member engaged with the other side'of the chain belt.

Fig. 145 is a substantially horizontal sectionon the line 1414 of Fi 1-, some of the parts being removed.

Fig. 15 is an elevation of another one of the seat supports and parts connected there with, parts being broken away and removed,

showing the belt engaging member engaged with one side of the chain belt.

Fig. 16 is a view similar to Fig. 15, showing thespring retracted other position.

Fig. 1? is a view similar to-Fig. 15, showing the belt engaging member engaged with the other side of the belt.

Fig. 18 is a sectional view on the line 1818 of Fig. 15.

Similar reference characters siinlar parts inthe dif erent views.

The main support may be in the form of an annular flat form 1, which is supported on brackets 2, in which are revolubly mounted axles 3, to which are rigidly secured respectively carrying wheels 1, see Figs.-3, 4L and 6.

5 designates seat supports, preferably designate comprising bodies simulating horses, each 7, show slide plate in anof which is mounted upon two upstanding bars 6, the lower ends of which are attached to and supported by a member 7, slidably reciprocative on suitable carrying means, which may comprise a frame consistingof two parallel, longitudinal substantially horizontal bars 8, mounted at their opposite ends respectively on rear and front blocks 9 and 10, to which the bars 8 are rigidly secured, see Figs. 3, at and 6. The bars 8 and the blocks 9 and 10 constitute carrying means for the seat supports. Said carrying means is supported by means which, when the platform 1 revolves, imparts an orbital movement to the rear end of the carrying means and an oscillating movement to the forward end of the carrying means, which orbital and oscillating movements combined with the forward travel of the platform 1 causes the seat supports to simulate very closely the natural galloping movement of a horse.

For effecting the oscillating movement at the front end of the carrying means, the following described mechanism is provided.

Referring to Figs. 3, at and G, 11 designates a horizontal transverse shaft oscillatively mounted in a bearing 12, carried by and at the under side of the platform 1, see Fig. 10. The rock shaft 11 has rigidly secured to it a crank arm 13, provided with a crank pin 1%, on which is pivotally mounted the adjacent block 12.

The seat supports 5 are disposed on the platform in groups of 1, each group comprising two pairs, the seat supports of each pair being actuated by the same mechanism for efi'ectng orbital movement to the rear end of the carrying means of each seat support.

The platform 1 is provided with longitudinal slots 15 arranged in groups of four and through which extends the bars 6, of the adjacent seat supports 5.

The actuating means for imparting orbital movement to the rear ends of each pair of carrying means for the seat supports consists of the following described mechanism.

Rotatably mounted in brackets 16 secured to the under side of the platform 1 is a horizontal transverse shaft 17 Fig. 3, to opposite ends of which are rigidly secured respectively two cranks 18, provided respectively with crank pins or bolts 19, Figs. 3, 1, 6, 8 and let, on which are respectively rotatably mounted the two adjacent rear blocks 9.

Respectively rotatably mounted on the crank pins 19 are two gear wheels 20, which are adapted to respectively mesh with two pinions 21, which are respectively rigidly fixed against rotation on two transverse tubular members 22, respectively horizontally slidable in two brackets 23, which are secured to the under side of the platform 1, see Figs. 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 and 1 1.

lVhen the shaft 17 is rotated, the crank pins 19 will be given a revolving motion, thereby imparting an orbital movement to the blocks 9 and an oscillatory movement to the blocks 10, through the intermediacy of the connecting bars 8. Preferably the cranks 18 on each shaft 17 extend in diametrically opposite directions. By means of this arrangement, one horse of a pair is moved forwardly, in its orbital movement when the other horse of the pair is moving rearwardly, in its orbital movement.

The shaft 17 is rotated by means of a sprocket wheel, 24, rigidly secured to the shaft, Figs. 3, 8 and 1a, which engages a chain belt 25, mounted on a sprocket wheel 26, rigidly secured to the shaft 3. Rigidly secured to the shaft 3 is a worm wheel 27, Figs. 3 and 5, with which meshes a worm 28, rigidly secured to an armature shaft 29, of an electric motor 30, which is attached to the under side of the platform 1. The armature shaft 29 is extended into and rotatably mounted in a casing 31, which is mounted on the shaft 3, and which encloses the worm wheel 27, and worm 28.

hen the motor 30 is operated, the shaft 3 will be driven by means of the shaft 29, worm 28 and worm Wheel 27, thereby rotating the adjacent carrying wheel at, by means of which the platform 1 is revolved. Rotation of the shaft 3 will also rotate the shaft 17, by the mechanism already described, thereby imparting the combined orbital and oscillatory movement to the bars 8, which in turn will impart a galloping movement to the seat supports 5.

Rigidly attached to each spur gear wheel is a sprocket wheel 32, on which is mounted a chain belt 33, which is mounted on a sprocket wheel 34, rotatably mounted on the adjacent crank pm 14:, see Figs. 3, 1, 6, 7, and 11 to 18.

When the shaft 17 is rotated, the crank pins 19 carried by the crank arms 18 will be revolved, thereby imparting a planetary movement to the gear wheels 20, when the latter are respectively in mesh, as shown in the drawings, with the pinions 21. The sprocket wheels 32 will thus be rotated on the crank pins 19, thereby driving the belts 33 in a direction such that the upper portion of each belt 33 will travel forwardly and the lower portion of each belt will travel rearwardly.

In order that each belt 33 may alternately be lockingly engaged at its upper and lower portions, with the adjacent slidable member 7, so as to reciprocate the latter, forwardly and backwardly on the bars 8, the following described mechanism may be employed.

Referring particularly to Figs. 15 to 18, 35 designates a horizontal plate disposed parallel to the bars 8 and longitudinally direction it is being ta alidable in suitable guides in the adjacent member 7, and adapted to have its forward and rear ends alternately strike against the front blocks 10 and rear blocks 9 respectively, which blocks serve to hold the slide plate from further movement in the so as to disengage vertically slidable locking member 36from that portionof the adacent belt with which it is engaged.

Each locking member 36 is vertically reeiprocative in suitable guides in the adjacent block 7, and has secured'to it a transverse pin 37 on which is mounted" rot-atably a roller 38 located in a rhomboidal hole'39 provided in the slide'pl'ate 35.

The upper end of the locking member 36 is provided with a semi-circular notch 40, which is adapted to lockingly engage any one of the t 'ansverse pins 41, which connect opposite links of the chain 33. The lower end of the locking member 36, is provided with semi-circular notch 42, which is also adapted to engage any one of the pins 41,

whensaid pin is in the 3roper-position andin the lower portion of the belt.

Pivoted on a transverse pin 43 1nounted in each member 7 is a lever having two arms 44 and 45, which are disposed substantially at right angles to each other. The arm 44 carries a roller 46 whichis adapted to consecutively engage two oppositely inclined surfaces 47 and 48, which intersect each other to form a right angled peak on the upper edge of the plate 35. Bearing against the arm 45 is one end of a coil spring 49,

which is located in a longitudinal hole in the member 7 and whichhas its other end bearmg against the latter. The coil spring 49 serves to respectively force the plate 35 forwardly and rearwa-rdly when the roller is respectively in contact with the inclined sur faces 47 and 48, so as to 'force the locking member 36, by means of the roller 38 from the neutral position into locked engagement with the belt 33.

In theoperatio'n of this portion of my invention,when the locking-member 36 is engaged with the upper side ofthe belt 33, the member 7 and the seat support 5 carried thereby will be carried forwardly on .the bars 8, until the forward end of the slide plate 35 strikes the block 10. During the forward movement of the block 7, the parts 38 will then be in contact with'the downwardly and forwardly inclined surface 50, of the plate 35, which inclined surface is at the forward side of the hole 39 in the plate K611 by the member 7,

at the opposite side of the hole 39.

of the two belts 33.

verse position of the two members 7.

35. Continued forward movement of the member 7 will cause the roller 38 to travel downwardly against the inclined surface 50,.

the locking member 36 to theposition shown I in Fig. 17, in which position the adjacent pin 41 in the lower portion of the belt 33 will enter the notch '42 in the lower end of the member 36, thus locking said member to the lower portion of the belt, which is moving rearwardly, and thereby causing the seat supporting member 7 together with the seat support 5 to be carried rearwai'dly with relation to the forwardly moving'platform 1.

When the member 7 has traveled rearwardly, to a position in which the rear end of the plate 35 will strike the block 9,'the latter will hold the plate 35 from further rearward movement. Continued rearward movement of the member 7 will cause the. roller 33 to contact with the inclined surface 51, disposed parallel to the surface 50 Continued rearwardmovement of the member 7 will cause the roller 33 to travel upwardly on the inclined, surface 51, tl'iereby forcing the locking member 36 upwardly to the neutral position out of engagement with the lower portion of the belt 33. "The rearward movementof the member 7 will then cease, and the roller 46 will again have passed onto the inclined surface 47, and the spring 49 will swing the arm 44, so as to force the plate 35 to the position shown in Fig. 15, in which position the locking member will again engage the upper portion of the belt 33, and the member 7 will again he slid for-- wardly by the belt 33, on the bars 8.

In Fig. 4, the two slidable members? of the pair of seat supports are in positions one in reverse of the other, due to'the different positions with respect to the adjacent bars 8,

By reason of this arrangement,the inclination of the surfaces 50 and 51 in the plate 35, shown in Figs. 15 to 18, and at the left in Fig. 4, is the reverse of the inclination of the corresponding surfaces in the plate 35, shown'in Figs. '7 and 1.1 to 13, and at theright in Fig. 4, the plates 35 of the two members 7 of the pair bein'g a right and a left, to correspond with the relVith the parts as positioned in Fig. 7, the member36 being engaged wit 1 the upper portion of the belt 33, which portion is adapted to move to the right, the member 7 will be carried forwardly to the right until the plate 35 strikes the forward block 10. The forward movement of the member 7 will force the slide plate 35 from the position shown in Fig. 7 in which position the roller 46 will be against the incline 48, to the position shown in Fig. 12, in which position, the roller 46 will be on the incline 47, and the member 36 will be in the neutral posi tion, disengage-d from the belt The forward movement of the member 7 will then cease, and the coil spring 49 will swing the arm 44 downwardly to the position shown in Fig. 13, in which position the member 86 will be engaged with the lower portion of the belt, and the member 7 will then be carried by the belt reaiwvardly.

hen the end of the plate 35 strikes the block 9, the plate 35 will he slid to the right, from the position shown in Fig. 13, to a position in which roller 38 will contact with the incline 50, and the roller 46 will have past on to the incline 48. Further rearward movement of the member 7 toward the block 9, will cause the incline 50 to force the roller 38 and the member 36 to the neutral position. The spring 49 will then force the plate 35 to the position shown in Fig. 7, at which time the member 36 will engage the upper portion of the belt 33, as shown in Fig. 7. This portion of the. belt will be moving forwardly toward the block 10, thereby again carrying the member 7 together with the seat support 5 forwardly.

From the foregoing description, it will be evident that when the platform is revolving, and the gears 20 are engaged with the pinions 21 respectively, dilterent ones of the horses in each group will be inadvance. Means are provided by which at a certain point the forward and backward reciprocation of the horses 5 may be stopped, and the rider of the horse which at that time is in advance will be declared the winner of the race.

For efiecting the connection and disconnection of the pinions 21 from the gears 20 by manual control, the following described mechanism may be provided.

Referring to Figs. 4, 8, and 9, it will be noted that the tubular member 22 is longitudinally slidable in the bracket 23 from the interlocked position shown in Figs. 8 and 9, in which interlocked position, the member 22 is held by means of a pointed pin 52, the upper pointed end of which enters a recess in the under side of the member 22.

The pin 52 is vertically slidable in a cup shaped member 54, the upper end or" which is fitted by a threaded connection in the bracket 28. A coil spring 55 bears at its lower end against the cup 54 and at its upper end against the pin 52.

Slidably fitted in the member 22 is a tubular member 56 having a closed outer end against which bears the outer end of a horizontal coil spring 57, the inner end of which bears against the member 22, and normally forces the latter member inwardly to the position shown in Figs. 8 and 9, in which the adjacent pinion 21 engages with the gear wheel 20.

The outer end of the member 56 bears against a vertical lever 58, the outer side of which bears against a pin 59 in the member 22. The upper end of the lever 58 is pivoted to abracket 60 secured to the frame 1, in a manner such that the lever 58 may be swung inwardly and outwardly. When the lever 58 is swung outwardly, it will slide. outwardly the member 22 to a position in which the pinion 21 will be disengaged from the gear 20. In this disengaged position, the member 22 will be held by the pin 52 which will enter a notch 61 in the under side of the member 22.

When the pinion 21 is in the disengaged position, rotation of the gear 20 will cease as will the rotation of the sprocket wheel 32, upon which the travel of the adjacent belt will stop, and the seat support which is reciprocated by the belt will stop its sliding movement on the bars 8, but the latter will still have imparted to them by the crank pins 19 an orbital and an oscillatory movement.

For the purpose of manually controlling the inward and outward swinging of the lever 58, the lower end of the latter is provided with a shoe 62, Figs. 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8, to which is also connected an inclined brace rod 63 pivoted at its upper end to the frame 1, so as to swing laterally.

64 designates a circular track upon which the wheels 4 are adapted to run. Horizon tally slidable under the track 64 is a bar 65, Figs. 1, 2 and 4, on which are mounted a plurality of channel members 66, the rear ends of the upstanding flanges of which diverge and are adapted to respectively engage the shoes 62 which are arranged to pass through said channels respectively.

For manually sliding the bar 65 inwardly and outwardly the outer end of said bar has pivoted to it a member 67, Figs. 1, 2, and 4, which may be manually reciprocated in any desired manner.

\Vhen the parts are as shown in solid lines in Fig. 2, the shoes 62 will pass through the channel members 66 and will remain in the operative position shown in Fig. 8, in which position the pinions 21 will engage the gears 20 respectively, thus driving the belts 33 and reciprocating the members 7 on the bar 8.

If the bar 65 is drawn outwardly by the member 67 to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the inner flanges of the channel members 66 will respectively engage the shoes 62, and will swing outwardly the levers 58, thereby sliding outwardly the members 22 and disengaging the pinions 21 from the gears :20, when the platform 1 has revolved to a position in which the shoes 62 will engage the channel members 66.

68 designates a vertical post having anounted on it a plate 69, Fig. 1, to which are attached radial rods 70, the outerends of which are attached to the platform I, so as to hold'the latter concentric with the track 64;, so that the wheels i will travel. on the track and may be provided with rubber tires. In the operation of my invention, when the motor 30 is operated, the platform 1 will be revolved and the seat supports will have imparted to them a galloping movement by the mechanism already described. IVhen the levers 58 are positioned as shown in Fig. 8, so as to force the pinion's 21 into engagement with the gears 20, through the intern'iediacy of the coil spring 57 and tubular member 56, the seat supports 5 will in addition to their orbital and oscillatory movement haveimparted tothem a reciprocative movement forwardly and backwardly relative to the platform 1', whereby the horses of each group will change their positions relatively to each other.

When it is desired to end a race, the member 67 is pulled outwardly to the position shown in dotted lines in- Fig. 2. When the platform 1 has revolved to positions in which the shoes 62 of each group will have engaged the channel members 66, the forward and backward movement of the horses will stop, and those horses which are in advance in the several groups will be declared the winners.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, as many modifications, within the scope of the appended claims, may be made, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

IVhat I claim is 1. In an apparatus of the kind described, a seat support, carrying means therefor, a main support, a crank member rotatable on saidmain support, a swinging member carried by the main support, the carrying means being supported by the crank of the crank member and pivoted'to said swinging member, means for rotating the crank member, and means by which the seat support is reciprocated on the carrying means when the crank member is rotated, substantially as set forth.

2. In an apparatus of the kind described, a seat support, carrying means therefor, a main. support adapted for travel, a crank member rotatableon said main support, an oscillatory member carried by said mainsupport, the carrying means being carried by the crank of said crank member andpivoted to said oscillatory member, and means by which traveling movement of the main supoted to said oscillatory member, means by which traveling movement of the main support rotates said crank member, and means by which the seat support is reciprccated on and relatively to said carrying means when the crank member is rotated, substantially as set forth.

4. In an apparatus of thekind described, a seat support, carrying means therefor, supporting means for said seat support reciprocative on said carrying means, means for imparting orbital movement to one end ofthe carrying means, means by which the other end of said carrying means is oscil lated during the orbital movement, and means for reciprocating said supporting means on and relatively to the carrying means, substantially as set forth. I

5. In an apparatus of the kind described, aseat support, carrying means therefor, an endless belt, means for imparting orbital movement to thecarrying meansand belt,

and means engaging the belt and seat support by which the latter is reciprocated on the carrying means when the belt is driven, and means for driving said belt, substantially as set forth. I

6. In an apparatus of the kind described, a seat support, carrying means therefor, supporting means for said seat support reciprocative on said carrying means, a main support, a crank member rotatable on the main support, the carrying means being supported by the crank of the cran-kmember,

means for rotating the crank member, a

fixed pinion supported by the main support 'in axial alinement with the crank member,

a gear wheel rotatable on said crank and meshing with saidpinion, and means actuated by the gear wheel for reciprocating said supporting means on. the carrying means, substantially as set forth.

7. In an apparatus of the kind described, a seatsupport, carrying meanstherefor, a main support, a crank member rotatable on the main support, the carrying means being carried by the crank of the crank member, means for rotating the crank member, a member rotatable on the crank, meansactuated by the member rotatable on and relatively to the crank for reciprocating the seat support on the carrying means, and

means by which the member rotatable on the cr nk is rotated thereon when the crank member is rotated, substantially as set forth.

8. In an apparatus of the kind described, a seat support, carrying means therefor, a main support, a crank member rotatable on the main support, a swinging member carried by the main support, the carrying means being carried by the crank of the crank member and the swinging member, an endless belt bodily movable with and carried by the carrying means, means actuated by the belt for reciprocating the seat support on said carrying means, means for rotating the crank member, and means by which the belt may be driven when the crank member is rotated, substantially as set forth.

9. In an apparatus of the kind described, a seat support, carrying means therefor on which the seat support is reciprocative relatively thereto, an endless belt carried by said carrying means, means for imparting an orbital movement to the carrying means, means for driving the belt, and means by which the seat support may be made to alternately have locked engagement with and carried by oppositely moving portions of the belt, substantially as set forth.

10. In an apparatus of the kind described, a seat support, carrying means therefor, means for imparting an orbital movement to one end of the carrying means, and a horizontal oscillatory movement to the other end of the carrying means, and news for reciprocating the seat support on and relatively to the carrying means, substantially as set forth.

11. In an apparatus of the kind described, a main support arranged for substantially horizontal travel, carrying means supported thereby, a seat support mounted on the carrying means, means for imparting, in a vertical plane parallel with the line of travel of themain support, an orbital movement to one end of the carrying means and a horizontal oscillatory movement to the other end of the carrying means, and means for reciprocating substantially horizontally the seat support, on and relatively to the carrying means, substantially as set forth.

12. In an apparatus of the kind described, a main support arranged for substantially horizontal travel, carrying means supported thereby, a seat support mounted on the carrying means, means for imparting, in a vertical plane parallel with the line of travel of the main support, an orbital movement to the carrying means, and means for reciprocating substantially horizontally the seat support on and relatively to the carrying means. substantially as set forth.

13. In an apparatus of the kind described, a main support arranged for substantially horizontal travel, carrying means supported thereby, a seat support mounted on the carrying means and arranged for forward and backward movement thereon in a vertical plane, means for moving the seat support forwardly and backwardly on the carrying means, and means for moving the carrying means in a manner such that the seat support will move relatively to the main support in a vertical plane parallel with the line of travel of the main support and in an elliptical orbit at alternately gradually increasing and gradually diminishing speeds, substantially as set forth.

14. In an apparatus of the kind described, a main support, a crank member rotatable thereon, -arry.ing means supported by the crank of the crank member, a seat support mounted on the carrying means, means for rotating the crank memb-r, a fixed pinion in axial alinement with the crank member, a gear wheel rotatable on said crank and meshing with said pinion, an endless belt, means actuated by said gear wheel for driving said belt, and means actuated by said belt for reciprocating the seat support on the carrying means, substantially as set forth.

15. In an apparatus of the kind described, a main support, a crank member rotatable thereon, a carrying means supported by the crank of the crank member, a seat support reciprocative on said carrying means, a gear wheel rotatable on the crank, means actuated. by the gear wheel for reciprocating the seat support, a pinion fixed against rotation and movable into and out of engagement with the gear wheel, means for rotating the crank member, and means for moving the pinion into and out of engagement with the gear wheel, substantially as set forth.

1.6. In an apparatus of the kind described, a track, a main support adapted for travel on said track, carrying means on said sup port, means for imparting orbital movement to the carrying means. a seat support reciprocative on the car ying means, means for reciprocating said seat support and manually controlled means operative when the main support is at a predetermined position on the track for rendering the reciprocative means active or inactive, substantially as set forth.

17. In an apparatus of the kind described, a main support adapted to travel, a seat support reciprocative substantially horizontally on said support, means for so reciprocating the seat support, means for rendering the reciprocative means active or inactive, and manually operated means located in the path of travel of and arranged to engage and operate said rendering means substantially as set forth.

18. In an apparatus of the kind described, a main support, a crank member rotatable thereon, means for rotating the crank member, carrying means mounted on said support, a seat support reciprocative on the carrying means, a gear wheel rotatable on the crank of the crank member, means actuated by the gear wheel for reciprocating the seat support, a pinion fixed against rotation and movable into and out of engagement with said gear wheel, a lever pivoted to said support, and means actuated by the lever for moving the pinion into and out of engagement with said gear wheel, substantially as set forth. o

L). The combination, in an apparatus of the kind described, with a traveling belt, of a. member reciprocative parallel with the belt, a seat support, supporting means for said seat support carried by said member, means for 'eleasably locziiigly engaging said member with said belt, an abutment, and means carried by said member and operated by said abuti'nent for releasing said locking means from said belt, substantially as set forth.

20. The combination, in an apparatus of the hind described, with a. traveling belt, oi. a member reciprocative parallel with the belt, a seat support, supporting means for said seat support carried by said member,

and means by. which said member may be automatically alternately loclringly engaged 'with oppositely moving portions of said belt, substantially as set forth.

21. The combination with a traveling belt, of a member reciprocative parallel with the belt, a locking member adapted to be moved alternately on the reciprocative member into locking engagement with oppositely moving portions of the belt, a shifting member carried by the reciprocative member and arranged when moved to a predetermined position to disengage the locking member from one of said belt portions and to engage the looking member with an oppositely moving belt portion, and an abutment in the path of movement of said shifting member and arranged to operatively move the latter, substantially as set forth.

22. The combination with a traveling spaced apart" and arranged to alternately respectively engage opposite ends of said shifting member for alternately moving the shifting member in opposite directions, substantially as set forth.

23. The combination with a traveling belt, of a member reciprocative parallel thereits ends respectively alternately locked with oppositely moving portions of said belt, a

shifting member arranged when moved in one direction to engage and move the locking member out of engagement with one portion of the belt and into engagement with another portion of the belt, two spaced apart abutments arrangedto alternately enthe shifting member for shifting the shifting memberin opposite directions to two points in which the shifting member will have moved the locking member from the loclring to a neutral position, and means including a spring for moving the shifting member to positions in which the shifting member will move the locking member to its two locking positions respectively, substantially as set forth.

In testimon 1 whereof I have si ned 111V, 3 v

name to this specification.

CHARLES MOBRIS. 

